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  <div style="margin-top: 1.5em; background: #aaeebb; width: 100; text-align: center;"><img src="_static/top.jpg" alt="Pygame Subset for Android" width="396" height="140"></div><p>The Pygame Subset for Android is a port of a subset of
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.pygame.org">Pygame</a> functionality to the
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.android.org">Android</a> platform. The goal of the
project is to allow the creation of Android-specific games, and
to ease the porting of games from PC-like platforms to Android.</p>
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<h1>Downloads<a class="headerlink" href="#downloads" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The Pygame Subset for Android can be downloaded at:</p>
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<div><a class="reference external" href="http://pygame.renpy.org/dl">http://pygame.renpy.org/dl</a></div></blockquote>
<p>Please see the <a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#changelog"><em>Changelog</em></a> for a list of changes between versions.</p>
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<h1>Support<a class="headerlink" href="#support" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The best place to get Pygame Subset for Android support is <a class="reference external" href="http://pygame.renpy.org/forum/">our forum</a>.</p>
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<h1>Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#documentation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html">Building Android Applications</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#host-platform-support">Host Platform Support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#step-1-installing-pgs4a-and-its-dependencies">Step 1: Installing PGS4A and its Dependencies</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#aside-running-android-py">Aside: Running android.py</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#step-2-set-up-the-android-sdk-and-development-environment">Step 2: Set up the Android SDK and Development Environment</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#step-3-configure-your-game">Step 3: Configure Your Game</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-packaging.html#step-4-build-and-install-the-package">Step 4: Build and Install the Package</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing.html#main">Main</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing.html#importing-android">Importing Android</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing.html#key-mapping">Key Mapping</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="api.html#module-android">android</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="android-advanced.html">More about Packaging</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-advanced.html#icon-and-presplash">Icon and Presplash</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="android-advanced.html#split-layout-packages">Split Layout Packages</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-6">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.6</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-5">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.5</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-4">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.4</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-3">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.3</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-2">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.2</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#pygame-subset-for-android-0-9-1">Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.1</a></li>
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<h1>License and Credits<a class="headerlink" href="#license-and-credits" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The Pygame Subset for Android is licensed under the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">GNU Lesser General
Public License</a>.  To the best
of our knowledge, Pygame, SDL, and all other dependences are licensed
under compatible licenses.</p>
<p>The Pygame Subset for Android is by:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Tom Rothamel (<em>tom at rothamel.us</em>)</li>
<li>Patrick Dawson (<em>pkdawson at gmail.com</em>)</li>
</ul>
<p>It integrates code from an number of projects, including:</p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://python-for-android.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Python-for-android</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.pygame.org/">Pygame</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.libsdl.org">SDL</a> (including <a class="reference external" href="http://www.anddev.org/code-snippets-for-android-f33/sdl-port-for-android-sdk-ndk-1-6-t9218.html">Pelya&#8217;s Android port</a>)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.python.org">Python</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://code.google.com/p/jtar/">Jtar</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/">Jinja2</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorama">Colorama</a></li>
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